About

Known credits:
9
Birthday:
1960-01-10
Place of birth:
North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Jay Russell

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay Russell (born January 10, 1960 in North Little Rock, Arkansas), is a film director and also executive producer and director of the film My Dog Skip.

His other directing credits include Tuck Everlasting, Ladder 49 and The Water Horse. He has also written and directed End of the Line.

Russell graduated from Columbia University in 1984 with a MFA in screenwriting and directing, having studied with producer Michael Hausman and director Milos Forman. His first film, End of the Line (1988), was a Sundance Institute project and was released by Orion Classics. He has since written projects for Imagine Entertainment and TriStar Pictures and has directed numerous documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, CBS, Fox, USA Network and NBC.

He is currently working on film projects such as Duncan, Whole Lotta Sole and Wake the Dead.

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Known for

Directing

2014 One Christmas Eve Directing Director 58
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2007 The Water Horse Directing Director 63
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2004 Ladder 49 Directing Director 61
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2002 Tuck Everlasting Directing Director 62
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2000 My Dog Skip Directing Director 61
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1987 End of the Line Directing Director 58
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Writing

1987 End of the Line Writing Writer 58
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Production

2011 Whole Lotta Sole Production Producer 58
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2000 My Dog Skip Production Executive Producer 61
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